Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have found that drinking chamomile tea was associated with a decreased risk of death from all causes in Mexican-American women… …read more
The United States now ranks 60th in the world, and worst among developed nations, in maternal mortality. Each year more than 600 women in the United States die from pregnancy and childbirth, and more… …read more
Most women who receive the Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine do so after delivery, contrary to recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices, which calls… …read more
Women who choose not to participate in a clinical trial may be significantly more likely to later regret that decision than women who choose to participate in the study, according to a team of Penn… …read more
Risk of gestational diabetes, which produces hyperglycemia in many pregnant women, has been associated with the sex of the fetus in a large new study. …read more
Patients with bladder cancers who present urinary tract infections, rather than hematuria, have significantly longer time to diagnosis, worse pathology, and increased risk for death. Medscape Medical News …read more
An animal study suggests a mechanistic explanation for the previously reported association between protracted acetaminophen use in human pregnancy and increased occurrence of cryptorchidism. Medscape Medical News …read more
Women with advanced ovarian cancer have fewer side effects and tend to have a better quality of life if given chemotherapy before surgery, according to a Cancer Research UK study published in The… …read more
Women who were born preterm have a higher risk of giving birth to preterm children, according to a study, published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, from researchers of the CHU… …read more
Many of those who should get it, don’t. And many of those who shouldn’t, do.. That’s the story of a common screening test for osteoporosis, according to new research from UC Davis Health System. …read more